Front Office Stream Lead - Endur/Orchestrade
Project description
Luxoft has one of the world's leading Orchestrade practices. We are a top-tier Orchestrade Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration. We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Orchestrade projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, commodities. Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry or commodities industry would be of high interest to us. The project is a Trading and Position platform Implementation for Commodity products. You will be part of a Top Initiative for this commodity client. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on several type of commodity products and learn a new trading platform. You will have the ability to showcase the work directly to the End users. The team is responsible for the integration of a trading application (Orchestrade) used for: • Pre-deal origination workflow and post execution monitoring and life-cycle management. • Dedicated workflow, configuration of the platform, supporting business • Leverage strategic standard risk systems • Integration with Operations, Finance • Reporting, Reconciliation • Accounting The application is Orchestrade: - Orchestrade is in .Net (C#): Natively connected to Excel - Database: Microsoft SQL - Delivered In-House or Hosted (Amazon Web Services) You will be part of the development team responsible for the migration of the new trading platform. You will act as a senior .NET developer. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on a new trading platform written in C# Also, you will join our Orchestrade Practice and become a member of our open minded, progressive and professional team. You will have a chance to grow your functional and soft skills and build a thorough expertise of the industry of our client. Location: Flexible / Hybrid Contract: Permanent or Contract Industry: Energy Trading & Risk Management Role Purpose The Front Office Stream Lead will be responsible for leading the Front Office workstream as part of a strategic transformation to replace Endur with Orchestrade. The role will ensure that Front Office business requirements, trading workflows, and risk functionality are correctly designed, implemented, and adopted for Power, Certificates, Gas, and Biomethane products. The Front Office Stream Lead will act as the primary interface between Trading, Risk, IT, and the Orchestrade implementation partner, ensuring the solution supports current and future Front Office operating needs.
Responsibilities
- Front Office Delivery Leadership
- Lead the Front Office workstream for the Orchestrade implementation
- Act as the Front Office subject-matter expert for the replacement of Endur
- Own Front Office scope, priorities, roadmap, and dependencies within the wider program
- Ensure Front Office requirements are accurately translated into Orchestrade configurations and solutions Business Requirements & Design
- Gather, challenge, and document Front Office business requirements across: o Trading workflows and deal entry o Product modelling for Power, Gas, Biomethane, and Certificates o Risk metrics, exposures, and reporting o Trade lifecycle events and position management
- Drive Front Office solution design, ensuring alignment with best practices and Orchestrade capabilities
- Validate functional design documents and configuration choices Implementation & Configuration Oversight
- Oversee configuration of Orchestrade Front Office components, including: o Products, deals, pricing, and lifecycle events o Exposure, risk, and P&L views o Trade booking and validation rules
- Provide hands-on Front Office expertise to resolve design and implementation challenges
- Ensure consistency between Front Office, Risk, and downstream processes Testing & Readiness
- Lead Front Office testing activities, including: o System Integration Testing (SIT) o User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Define Front Office test scenarios and success criteria
- Support trader and Front Office user readiness for go live Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary Front Office point of contact for: o Traders and Front Office management o Risk and Middle Office teams o IT and data teams o Orchestrade vendor and implementation partners
- Provide regular status updates, risk visibility, and decision support to program governance
SKILLS
Must have
- Mandatory Skills Description Front Office & ETRM Systems
- Strong Front Office experience within Energy Trading & Risk Management
- Proven experience implementing Orchestrade or Endur in a Front Office capacity
- Deep understanding of Front Office trading processes and system usage
- Experience across Power, Gas, Environmental Products / Certificates, including physical and financial contracts Product & Market Knowledge
- Solid understanding of: o Physical and financial Power and Gas trading o Biomethane contracts and lifecycle considerations o Environmental products (e.g. Guarantees of Origin, Certificates)
- Understanding of Front Office risk metrics and exposure management Management
- Strong leadership of functional workstreams within large transformation programs
- Ability to bridge business and technology effectively
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Structured, delivery-focused mindset with attention to detail
- Ability to challenge requirements and drive pragmatic solutions
Nice to have
• Degree in Finance, Engineering, Economics, or a related discipline • ETRM system certifications or energy trading qualifications are advantageous
